MXPA00008317A - Coil handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

A coil handling system (10) comprises an indexer assembly (12) having a pair of rotatable spindles (18) mounted thereon for supporting a coil (104) of material upon which binding straps are to be placed at predetermined circumferential positions by a strap binding assembly (142) when the rotatable spindles (18) index the coil (104) of material to the predetermined circumferential positions. Upon completion of the strap binding operation, an upender assembly (60) is moved upwardly from a lowered position so as to remove the bound coil (104) of material from the indexer assembly (12), the indexer assembly (12) is moved to a location remote from the upender assembly (60) so as to permit the upender assembly (60) to be returned to its lowered position with the bound coil (104) of material supported thereon. At its lowered position the upender assembly (60) deposits the bound coil (104) of material upon a conveyor assembly (120) which conveys the bound coil (104) of material to a remote lo cation for further routing or processing prior to commercial distribution.

Description

ROLL HANDLING DEVICE FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention deals generally with a strip roll handling apparatus and in particular with an apparatus for handling strip rolls wherein the apparatus includes pins which support the strip roll during a division operation and fastening of the strap by means of which fastening straps are placed on predetermined circumferential positions of the roll, and wherein in addition, the apparatus automatically removes the strap roll tied from the pins at the completion of the strap holding operation and places the strapping roll tied in the conveyor mechanism that transports the strapping roll tied to a remote location for subsequent routing or processing prior to commercial distribution. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, there is machinery, apparatus and equipment where, for example, multiple supports are provided so that the plastic strap or the like is automatically wound onto the appropriate core or mandrel, such as, for example , a cardboard cardboard reel. At the termination of the strip-wrapping operation, each roll of strip must necessarily be removed from the strip-wrapping machine or equipment, and the strapping-bands must be placed around the strip-roll at predetermined circumferential locations thereof so that the integrity of the winding of the strip roll is preserved, whereby the roll is effectively prevented from unrolling or axially contracting. The strap holding operation is performed by an operator who must then remove a finished strip roll from one of the particular multiple strap winding supports, bring the entire strip roll to the strap holding support, and place the Roll the strap in the strap holding bracket and place the strap roll in the strap holding bracket. Using a tensioning and holding tool for portable hand strap, and after manually placing a cardboard edge protector around the strip roll at a particular circumferential location thereof, the operator then uses the portable strap holding and tensioning tool. hand, solder and cut the fastening strap. Then, the strip roll is rotated so that the strip roll is effectively circumferentially divided into a new circumferential position where another clip is to be applied to the strip roll. At the end of the strap holding operation, the operator manually removes the strapping roll tied from the strap holding support and places the strapping roll tied on a pallet which can then be transported immediately, for example, by means of an apparatus of forklift for further processing before commercial distribution. In this way, it can easily be seen that the entire winding and strapping operation is very intense, tedious and tiring for the operator's personnel. Accordingly, there is a need in the art for the development of automatic machinery, apparatus or equipment that can automatically perform the various manual operations previously required to be performed by personnel of the winding and fastening operator. OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved strip roll apparatus, equipment or machinery comprising a roll handling device which automatically applies the fastening straps to a strip of strapping that automatically places the strap roll tied on a discharge conveyor. Another objective of the present. invention is to provide a new and improved strip roll apparatus, equipment or machinery comprising a roll handling device that overcomes the various setbacks and drawbacks characteristic of the strip roll handling apparatus and conventional techniques. A further objective of the present invention is to provide an apparatusnew improved roll roll equipment or machinery comprising a roll handling device that is extremely easy to use by the operator personnel where the intense labor, fatigue and boredom characteristic of conventional roll hold operations strapping are effectively eliminated or at least greatly reduced. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above objects and other objects are achieved in accordance with the techniques and principles of the present invention through the provision of a new and improved strip roll apparatus, equipment or machinery comprising a roll handling device. which includes a main structure where a splitter mechanism comprising a pair of rotating pins to support the strip roll is installed. The pins are mounted on a structure that is pivotally mounted on the main structure so that it is movable between the inoperative position retracted upwards and the lower operative position projecting where the pins support the strip roll. A retaining strap head assembly is movable between a retracted inoperative position and an outgoing operative position wherein the retaining strap head cooperates with the indexing mechanism to place the fastening straps in predetermined circumferential positions of the strap roll. When the strap holding operation is completed, the retaining strap head moves or returns to its retracted inoperative position where a mechanism for positioning with the ends upwards is located up on the pivot so as to engage the roll of the strap. strapping moored and elevates it to effectively remove the strap roll tied from the spikes of the splitter mechanism. The spikes of the splitting mechanism can then be moved to its inoperative position upwards where the mechanism for placing the ends upwards, which now supports the strapped band roll, is lowered on a pivot to place the strap roll tied in the mechanism suitable conveyor that transports the strapping roll tied to a remote location for subsequent routing or • processing before commercial distribution. Subsequently, the spikes of the splitting mechanism pivot down to its operative position in preparation for receiving a new strip roll so that another operating cycle of the apparatus can be carried out. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Several other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully appreciated from the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings in which characters of like reference designate similar or corresponding parts in all of the drawings. various views, and wherein: FIGURE 1 is an elevated front view of the new and improved roll handling apparatus constructed in accordance with the principles and teachings of the present invention; FIGURE 2 is a view of the new and improved roll handling apparatus shown in FIGURE 1; FIGURE 3 is an elevated side view of the new and improved roll handling apparatus shown in FIGURES 1 and 2; FIGURE 4 is a raised front view of a roll splitter assembly of the new and improved roll handling apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 3; FIGURE 5 is an elevated side view of the roll divider assembly shown in FIGURE 4; FIGURE 6 is a plan view of an assembly of a mechanism for placing the rolls of the new and improved roll handling apparatus shown in FIGURES 1-3 with the ends up; FIGURE 7 is a side elevational view of an assembly of a mechanism for positioning the rolls shown in FIGURE 6 with the ends up when this assembly is placed in its downward position and when the roll support arm thereof is place in its retracted position; FIGURE 8 is a plan view of the roll unloading conveyor assembly of the new and improved roll handling apparatus shown in FIGURES 1-3; FIGURE 9 is a raised front view, similar to that of FIGURE 1, schematically illustrating a first principal step of the roll handling operation wherein the strip roll is deposited in the roll divider assembly; FIGURE 10 is a view similar to that of the FIGURE 9 schematically illustrating an important second step of the roll handling operation wherein the head of the clamping strip has been moved from its inoperative position retracted to its extended operative position in which the clamping band head secures a strip clamping around the strip roll held in the roll divider assembly; FIGURE 11 is a view similar to FIGURE 10 schematically illustrating an important third step of the roll handling operation wherein the clamping band head has been moved from its extended operative position back to its inoperative position retracted in the preparation to remove the strapping roll tied from the roll divider assembly; FIGURE 12 is a view similar to that of FIGURE 11 schematically illustrating an important fourth step of the roll handling operation wherein the assembly of a mechanism for placing the rolls upwards was moved from its lower position to its elevated position in which the assembly of a mechanism for placing the rolls upwards with the ends is prepared to be attached to the tied strap roll so as to remove the strapping roll tied from the roll divider assembly and supporting the roll strapping moored to allow the roll splitter assembly to be moved to its elevated inoperative position; FIGURE 13 is a view similar to that of FIGURE 12 schematically illustrating an important fifth step of the roll handling operation wherein the assembly of a mechanism for placing the rolls up with the ends has been attached to the strip roll moored and has removed the strap roll tied from the roll divider assembly to thereby allow the roll divider assembly to be subsequently moved to its elevated inoperative position; FIGURE 14 is a view similar to that of FIGURE 13 schematically illustrating an important sixth step of the roll handling operation wherein the assembly of a mechanism for placing the rolls upwardly appears to support the lashed strap roll and the roll divider assembly has been moved up to its inoperative position; FIGURE 15 is a view similar to that of the FIGURE 14 which schematically illustrates an important seventh step of the roll handling operation wherein the assembly of a mechanism for placing the rolls upwards with the ends has been moved down to its lower position in which the assembly of a mechanism for placing the rolls upwards with the ends placing the strapping roll tied in the discharge conveyor assembly; and FIGURE 16 is a view similar to that of FIGURE 15 which schematically illustrates an eighth major step of the roll handling operation wherein the roll support arm of a mechanism assembly for placing the rolls upwardly with the ends has been returned to its retracted position to allow the discharge conveyor assembly to transfer the lashed strapping roll to a remote location for later routing and processing prior to commercial distribution, and the roll divider assembly has been lowered and returned to its operative position in preparation for receiving a new roll of strap to be tied. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Now referring to the figures, and more particularly to FIGURE 1-3 thereof, the new and improved roll handling apparatus, constructed in accordance with the principles and teachings of the present invention is illustrated and is generally indicated by the character reference 10, while the main individual components that the roll handling apparatus 10 are more specifically illustrated in detail in FIGURE 4-8. As an initial generality, which will of course be followed by a detailed description of the apparatus and the operation thereof, the apparatus of the present invention comprises a roll divider assembly that initially supports a roll of strip on a pair of rotating pins. A strap holding head is then moved to an extended position in which the clamping band head and a clamping band duct assembly effectively surrounds a portion of the strip roll so as to place a tensioned clamping band in the clamp strip. roll of strip in a predetermined circumferential position of the strip roll. After repeated circumferential dividing movements of the roll divider assembly so that other predetermined circumferential portions of the strip roll are placed in the fastener strip station defined by the fastener strip head, whereby additional fastener strips are placed on the fastener strip. roll of strap so that it is now fully tethered, the tether head is moved to its original retracted position, and an assembly of a mechanism for positioning with the ends up is moved upward to a raised position in which a support arm of this assembly is moved to a position in which the support arm engages the lashed strap roll and lifts it up so that the looped strap roll is effectively removed from the pivoting pins of the splitter assembly. The splitter assembly is then moved upward to a retracted inoperative position, where the mechanism assembly for placing the ends upward is lowered to return to its original position as a result of which the tied strip of strap is deposited in the conveyor assembly. The support arm of the mechanism for placing the ends upwards is returned to its original position in which the conveyor assembly can then transfer the tied strap roll to a remote location for later routing or processing before the commercial distribution of the roll of strip. The splitter assembly then lowers to its original operative position so that it is ready for a new roll of strap to be tied. Now that the above description of the structural and operational generality has already been enunciated, a detailed description of the roll handling apparatus 10, the important individual components thereof, and a detailed description of the operation thereof, will be described with reference to the attached drawings. As seen in FIGS. 1-5, the roll divider assembly, generally indicated by the reference character 12, is placed in a main structure 14, and it is further seen that the roll divider assembly 12 comprises a pair of posts laterally. forwardly projecting spaced or tubular beam elements 16, 16 at the lower ends of which are mounted respectively a pair of rotating pins projecting forward 18,18. Near the upper ends of each of the vertically elongate posts or tubular beam elements 16, 16, there is another pair respectively provided with tubular beam elements 20, 20, which also project forward so that they are placed substantially parallel to the rotating pins 18, 18. A pair of supports 22, 22 are adapted to be fixedly mounted to the laterally spaced tubular beam elements 24, 24 of the structure 14, as best seen in FIGURES 1-3, and as can best be seen in FIG. FIGURE 2 and according to the first embodiment of the invention, each of the brackets 22, 22 is provided respectively with an arrow or pivot 26, 26 wherein the distal end portions placed opposite to the arrows or pivots 26, 26 respectively extend or cross the tubular beam elements 20, 20. According to a second alternative embodiment of the invention, the arrows or pivots 26, 26 can be provided in the tubular beam elements 20, 20 so as to elongate laterally outwards thereof in opposite directions and therefore respectively lengthen or pass through the brackets 22,22. In any case, the arrows or pivots 26, 26, together define a rotating shaft 28 around which the entire roll-splitter assembly 12 can rotationally move between a first lowered operating position, as shown in FIGURE 1 and a second inoperative position. elevated that is described below. A vertically placed support plate 30 is attached to the upper surface of each horizontally placed tubular beam element 20 as well as to the upper end portion of each vertically placed tubular beam element 16, and each support plate 30,30 comes with an opening 32 through which a rod or rod 34 is lengthened to which one end of an actuator cylinder 36 is connected as best seen in FIGURE 3, the other end of the cylinder 36 is attached to the structure 14. In this way, the extension of the cylinder 36 from its position illustrated in FIGURE 3 causes the rotary movement of the entire roll divider assembly 12 in the counterclockwise direction about the axis of rotation 28 so as to moves the roll divider assembly 12 from its lower operative position, shown as an example in FIGS. 1 and 3, to its high inoperative position as will be described hereinafter. The retraction of the cylinder 36 will of course rotate the roll divider assembly 12 clockwise so that it returns from its above-mentioned inoperative position raised back to its lower operative position to be prepared in that manner for a a new roll handling operating cycle as described hereinafter in connection with FIGS. 9-16. In order to provide rotary impulse to the rotating pins 18, 18 so that they can carry out the division operations in the strip rolls as will be seen in the following, a rotary drive element to the rotating pins 18, 18, so that the rotating pins can perform the division operations in the strip rolls as will be apparent hereinafter, a rotary drive element 38, as best seen in FIGURE 5, with a slotted connection 40 formed in the part of the external surface thereof, is fixedly mounted on a portion of the upper cover 42 which, in turn, is fixedly connected to the vertically elongating tubular beam elements 16,16 of the roll divider assembly 12. Rotary drag element 38 exits or extends rearwardly from the housing 42 so that it has the ability to rotate in connection with a suitable motor driven mechanism, which does not appear. and.

The forward end of the rotary drive member 38 is provided with a first gearwheel member 44 which is positioned within the housing 42, while a second gearwheel member 46 is placed inside the inside of the upper end portion of a gear wheel. first tubular beam element that stretches vertically 16,16. A third sprocket member 48 is similarly positioned internally within the lower end portion of the first of the vertically elongating tubular beam elements 16, 16 so as to be positioned coaxially with respect to, and mounted on the portion of the rear end of a first of the rotating pins 18, 18. The fourth and fifth sided gearwheel elements 50,52 are rotatably disposed within the lower center portion of the housing 42, and a sixth gearwheel member 54 is positioned within the lower end portion of the second beam element. tubular 16,16 vertically elongated so that they are placed coaxially with respect to, and mounted on the rear end portion of one of the second rotating pins 18,18. Finally, a seventh gear element 56 is internally positioned within the upper end portion of a second tubular beam element that extends vertically 16,16. A drive chain 58 runs around the gearwheel elements 44,56 to transmit rotary drive from the rotary drive 38 to the rotating pins 18,18. Referring now to FIGS. 2, 3, 6 and 7, the assembly of the mechanism for placing the ends up rolls is generally indicated by the reference character 60 and it is seen that it comprises a mechanism structure to be placed with the ends towards up 62 and includes a pair of laterally spaced central frame members 64,66, and a pair of laterally spaced outer frame elements 68,70. A pair of brackets 72, 72, similar to the brackets 22, 22, are positioned laterally outwardly of the outer frame elements 68, 70 and are adapted to be fixedly attached to the structure of the apparatus 14. A plurality of plates of support 74,76,78,80, which comprise, in effect, extensions of the laterally spaced outer frame elements 68,70 and the laterally spaced central frame elements 64,66, are provided with suitable openings allowing passage through thereof with an axis or pivot 82 whose opposite ends are placed within the brackets 72,72. In this way, the arrow or pivot 82 defines a pivot or pivot shaft 84 around which the entire mechanism for positioning with the ends upwards 60 rotates or rotates on a pivot with respect to the structure of the apparatus 14, as well as the splitter assembly 12 as will be better appreciated in the following. In order to provide said pivoting movement of the mechanism assembly for positioning with the ends upwardly 60 with respect to the structure of the apparatus 14 and the splitter assembly 12, an end plate 86 fixedly interconnects the elements of the central frame 64,66 and the outer frame elements 68.70 as a result of their integral connection to the support plates 74, 76, 78, 80, and a pair of the bracket elements 88.90 have apertures 92, 94 respectively defined therein at that the first ends 96 of a pair of actuator cylinders 98, only one of which is shown, for example, in FIGURE 3, are joined by means of suitable bolt fasteners. Opposite second ends 100 of the actuator cylinders 98 are attached to the structure 14 by means of suitable clamp elements 101, and each of the actuator cylinders 98 further comprises an extendible / contractile piston rod 102 which is illustrated in its elongated position in FIG. FIGURE 3. Accordingly, it can be seen that when the piston rod 102 contracts, the entire mechanism assembly for positioning with the ends upwardly 60 will rotate or rotate about the pivot counterclockwise, as seen in FIGURE 3, about the pivot axis 84 so that the assembly of the mechanism to position with the ends upwards 60 to move from its lower position illustrated in FIGURE 3 to an elevated position that is substantially 90 * with respect to the lower position illustrated. Conversely, when the piston rod 102 is lengthened, the assembly of the mechanism for positioning with the ends upwards 60 rotates or rotates about the pivot in a clockwise direction as seen in FIGURE 3 so that it rotates. from its vertically elevated position positioned to its horizontally placed lower position as illustrated in FIGURE 3. With continuous reference to FIGURES 3, 6 and 7, as will be more apparent hereinafter, when the mechanism assembly for positioning with the ends upwards 60 rotates or pivots to its vertically placed raised position, this assembly 60 will serve to engage a roll of strap 104, placed on the rotating pins 18, 18 of the splitter assembly 12, as seen in FIGURE 1, and for subsequently elevating the strip roll 104 so that it is effectively removed from the rotating pins 18, 18. In order to achieve such an operation, the mechanism assembly for positioning with the ends upwards 60 further comprises a support arm 106 which is mounted on the pivot in a bearing and pivot bearing assembly 108 defining a pivot axis 109 and which is fixedly secured to and between the elements of the central frame 64,66. An actuator end of the support arm 106 has a support member 110 attached to a distal end of a piston rod 112 that elongates and contracts with respect to its actuator cylinder 114, and the end of the actuator cylinder 114 that is positioned opposite the piston rod 112 is connected to a support bracket 116, secured between the elements of the central frame 64,66 by means of a clamp element 118. Accordingly, when the piston rod 112 of the actuator cylinder 114 contracts, the arm 106 will be rotated about the pivot axis 109 so that the support arm 106 is placed in a position of 90 * from the position illustrated in FIG.

FIGURE 3. Further, when the assembly of the mechanism for positioning with the ends upwards 60 rotates on the pivot simultaneously to its vertically placed raised position, then the support arm 106 will be placed substantially horizontally so that it engages the roll of strap. 104, elevate the strip roll 104 so that it is effectively removed from the rotating pins 18, 18, and support the strip roll 104 in the raised position observed with respect to the rotating pins 18, 18. When the piston rod 112 is lengthened, the support arm 106 is returned to its illustrated position in which the support arm 106 is interposed between the elements of the central frame 64, 66 for the purpose of further explanation and appreciation. . Now with reference to FIGURES 2 and 8, the discharge conveyor assembly is illustrated and is generally indicated by the reference character 120. More particularly, it is seen that the discharge conveyor assembly 120 comprises a first relatively small band conveyor. 122 which is bent around a pair of drive rollers 124,126 which are driven by means of a suitable power supply, which does not appear, and a second relatively large belt conveyor 128 which are likewise operated by means of a power supply. adequate energy, which does not appear either. Interposed between the first small band conveyor and the second large band conveyor 122 and 128 is a set of roller conveyors wherein the roller conveyors 134 and 136 are arranged in a side-by-side arrangement, while the roller conveyors 138 and 140 are placed in a similar arrangement side by side. However, it should be noted that the roller conveyors 136 and 138 are laterally spaced from one another, while the roller conveyor 134 is laterally separated from the drive roller 126, and similarly for the roller conveyor 140 with respect to the roller. impeller 130. In this manner, as apparent in FIGURE 2, when the assembly of the mechanism for connecting upwards the ends 60 is placed in its horizontally placed lower position, the elements of the central frame 64 and 66 of the assembly of a mechanism for positioning with the ends facing upwards 60 will be interposed between the roller conveyors 136 and 138, the outer frame element 68 of the assembly of a mechanism for positioning with the ends upwards 60 will be interposed between the roller conveyor 140 and the conveyor drive roller of band 130, and the outer frame element 70 of the assembly of a mechanism for positioning with the ends toward the top 60 will be interposed between the roller conveyor 134 and the belt conveyor drive roller 126, all in an interdigitated manner. Finally, with reference to FIGURES 1-3 in connection with the detailed description of the structural components of the roll handling apparatus of the present invention, a strap holding head assembly is generally indicated by the reference character 142 and it is seen that it comprises a strap holding head 144 and a fastening strap conveyor or routing conduit comprising a first fixed routing section 146 permanently installed in the fastening strap head 144, and a second conduit section mobile 148 which is movably installed in the fastening strap head 144 so that it can be moved between the first open position as clearly illustrated in FIGURE 2, and a second closed position, not illustrated, in the that a free end portion 150 of the movable conduit section 148 is positioned on one side of a free end portion 152 of the co-operating section. fixed pipe 146, so that the fixed pipe section 146, the pipe section mobile 148 and the fastening strip head 144 together define in effect a closed-loop path mechanism through which the fastening strip is positioned so as to encircle a portion of the strip roll 104 when the fastener strips are to be secured in the holding roll 104 at predetermined circumferential positions thereof. It is of course appreciated that the movable conduit section 148 moves between its open and closed positions by means of an automatically controlled motorized element., which does not appear, by means of which the section of the moving conduit 148 is operated at predetermined times during the operating cycle of fastening of the strip as will be described below. Finally, it is appreciated that each assembly of the fastening strap head 142 is independently supported by a suitable carry assembly which is usually indicated by the reference character 154 where the carry assembly 154 is movable as shown in FIG. length of an upper rail or path portion 156 of the main structure 14 by means of a suitable motor driven system, not described in detail since the detail of the carry assembly 154 is not considered necessary for the disclosure and understanding of this invention, whereby said details are omitted from the present. Having already described the pertinent details of the structure in the various structural components comprising the entire roll handling apparatus, equipment or system 10 of the present invention, a brief description of the operation of said apparatus, equipment or system 10 of the present invention. invention, that is, a complete operating cycle of the apparatus, equipment or system 10, will now be described with reference to FIGS. 9-16.

Starting with the apparatus or system illustrated in FIGURE 9, it should be noted that the actuator cylinder 36 has been contracted so that the divider assembly 12 moved toward, or is placed in, its lower operative position on a pivot where the rotating pins 18, 18 are positioned horizontally and project outwardly from the page of the drawings so that they are in fact capable of supporting a roll of strip therein, and that a roll of strip 104 was deposited on the rotating pins 18, 18 in preparation for a strap holding operation, the pins 18, 18 at this time have no rotating energy. At this time, it can also be seen that the fastening strap head 142, by means of its carrying assembly 154, is placed in a remote or retracted position with respect to the strip roll 104 placed on the rotating pins 18, 18 of the splitter assembly 12, and that the assembly of a mechanism for positioning with the ends upwards 60 is placed in its lower position on a pivot so that it can be placed in its interdigitalized mode with respect to the discharge conveyor assembly 120. The The strap 104 is therefore ready so that the fastening straps can be placed therein.

Accordingly, as can now be seen and appreciated from FIGURE 10, the carry assembly 154 receives energy, and therefore, in assembly the holding strap head 142 moves from its remote or retractable position with respect to the roll. of strap 104 to a position adjacent to strip roll 104 where, because the movable conduit section 148 is initially positioned in its open position with respect to the fixed conduit section 146, the fastening strap head assembly 142 it can, in effect, encircle a particular portion of the strip roll 104. At the moment of closing the movable conduit section 148 with respect to the fixed conduit section 146, the fastener strip head assembly 142 in fact completely surrounds the illustrated portion of the strip roll 104 whereby a fastening strip can be routed through the entire fastener strip assembly 142 and be applied to the strip roll 104. More particularly After the fastening strap has been routed through the conduit components or sections 146, 148, the fastening strap head 144 receives energy appropriately by which the fastening strip is initially tensioned to a predetermined degree around the Strip roll 104, the end portions of the tension clamp strip are then welded together, and the clamping strip is thereby separated by terminating a first strip clamping operation. At this point, because it is desired to place a plurality of clamping members in the strip roll 104 at predetermined circumferential locations of the strip roll 104, such as, for example, angular impositions spaced 90 * or spaced 60 * apart. whereby, respectively, four or six clamping straps will be placed on the strip roll 104, the clamping band head 144 receives energy appropriately so that the tension within the clamping band head 144 with respect to the strip of strip and the roll of strap 104 is reduced to thereby allow the strip roll 104 to rotate at a predetermined angular amount which allows the additional fastening straps to be applied to the strip roll 104 at predetermined circumferential positions thereof. Consequently, the chain transmission system 58 of the splitter assembly 12 receives energy by means of the spindle 18,18 now rotates to in turn cause the rotation of the strip roll 104, which of course receives the support of the spikes 18, 18 by means of an inner peripheral surface of its core in which the rolled strip material is placed, so as in fact to indicate the strip roll 104 to a new circumferential position with respect to the strap holding head 144. In each case. circumferential place in which it is desired to place a fastening strip in the strip roll 104, the chain transmission system 158 of the divider assembly 12 is therefore stopped, and the clamping band head 144 again receives energy to develop the correct tension with the clamping band, after which the new end portions of the fastening strip are welded together and the ends of the fastening strip are divided to again finish a subsequent strap fastening operation in the strip roll 104. When the desired number of fastening straps have been adapted from the strip roll 104. , such as for example, when four fastening strips 160 have been adapted at particular circumferential locations of the strip roll 104, separated from one another by an angle of 90 °, as illustrated in Drawing 11, section 148 of the conduit of the head of the clamping strip assembly moves from its closed position, with respect to the stationary section 146 of the head conduit of the assembly 14 2 of fastening strips, to their open position with respect to the stationary section 146 of the head 142 of the fastening strip assembly, by means of which the carry assembly 154 is then activated as to move the head of the assembly 142 of the fastening straps back to their remote position retracted from the strap roll 104. The tie strap strap 104 is now ready to be removed from the pins 18,18 of the splitter assembly 12 to be driven to the other production stages or processed additionally for commercial distribution. Consequently, referring now to Drawing 12, the maneuver cylinders 98 have been activated so that the mechanism for placing the assembly 60 with the ends upwards has now been rotated or pivoted from its position lower, placed interlaced in horizontally, with respect to the release of the conveyor assembly 120, to its vertical elevated position, in which the mechanism for positioning the structure 64-70 with the ends upwards is placed behind the strip roll 104. At this time, the The roll of strip 104 is still supported on the spikes 18,18 extending or projecting forward, of the splitter assembly 12, as can be seen from Drawing 12 in which the upper internal peripheral portion of the core of the strip roll is shown placed on the spikes 18,18. Referring further to Drawing 13, the maneuver cylinders 114 activated by the support arm 106 have now been pivoted from their position, shown in Drawing 3, with respect to the mechanism for placing the ends upwardly of the structure 62, a position of 90 ° with respect to that. The free end of the support arm 106, ie the end not connected to the maneuvering cylinder 114, therefore moves between the dependent members of the tubular beam 16, 16 and as the support arm is pivoted at 90 ° to its full pivoting position from the position shown in Drawing 3, the support arm engages the peripheral inner surface of the core of the strip roll and elevates it so that the strip roll 104 of the pins is effectively removed 18,18, as shown in Drawing 13. The spikes 18,18, therefore, no longer support the strip roll 104. Consequently, with the strip roll 104 properly removed from the spike divider assembly 18,18. , the splitter assembly 12 can now be withdrawn from the vicinity of the strip roll 104 in its preparation for unloading the bundled strapping roll 104 from the apparatus 10. Referring to this in Drawing 14, it is seen that as a result of the driving of the cylinder 36, the splitter assembly 12 has been moved with pivoting from its lower position, in which it was used to support a roll of strip 104, to an elevated position in which it is completely unhooked from the strip roll 104, and what is more importantly, it frees the region within which the strapping roll 104 is now placed in a location resting on the raised mechanism for placing the assembly 60 with the ends upward. More particularly, as can be seen if reference is made again to Drawings 12 and 13, when the mechanism for placing the assembly 60 wthe ends upwards moves to its elevated position, the members dependent on the tubular beam 16,16 of the assembly Divider 12, as well as the pins 18, 18 placed on the members of the tubular beam 16, 16, are interposed between the members 66 and 70 of the frame and between the 64 and 68, respectively, in an interlaced manner. Consequently, when the splitter assembly 12 is pivoted to its raised position, the members 16,16 of the tubular beam and the pins 18,18 placed thereon, are able to move between said members 64,68 and 66,70 of the frame. , of the mechanism for placing the assembly 60 wthe ends up to reach their retracted positions, as shown in Drawing 14. As a result of the aforementioned removal or removal of the splitter assembly 12 of the region wn which the roll of strapping band 104 is now supported on the mechanism for placing the assembly 60 wthe ends upwards, the latter being now able to be pivoted downwards, while still supporting the strap of strap tied on top, in such a way that returns to its original horizontal state as shown in Drawing 15. In this position of the mechanism for placing the assembly 60 wthe ends facing up, the members 64-70 of the frame will be colored. in the aforementioned interlocking manner wrespect to the conveyor assembly 120, wherein the upper surface of the frame 62 of the mechanism for positioning the assembly 60 wthe ends upwards, as seen in Drawing 15, will be substantially coplanar w or placed just a little below the upper surface of the conveyor assembly 120 such that the bundled strapping roll 104 is capable of being placed on the upper surface of the conveyor assembly 120. The bundled strapping roll 104 is, therefore, essentially ready to be taken by the transporter assembly to a remote location for subsequent routing or processing before commercial distribution. Before such travel of the strapping roll 104 is made by the conveyor assembly 120, the maneuvering cylinder 114 of the mechanism for placing the assembly 60 wthe ends upwards is again activated as to return the support arm 106 to the position that is shown in Figures 3 and 7, according to which the support arm 106 is no longer required to support the strip roll 104 in view of the support of the strip roll on the conveyor assembly 120. Additionally, the return of the support arm 106 to its position, which is shown in Drawings 3 and 7, makes the support arm 106 practically coplanar wthe structure 62 of the mechanism for placing the assembly 60 wthe ends upwards in order not to interfere wthe movement of the carrying the strapped ribbon roll 104 along the conveyor assembly 120. What is more, practically simultaneously wthe return of the support arm 106 to its lower position or Wrawal and subsequent activation of the conveyor assembly 120 so as to release the bundle of tie strap 104, the maneuvering cylinder 36 of the splitter assembly 12 is again activated as to return the pivoting action to the splitter assembly 12 to its lower position, as shown in FIG. illustrated in Drawing 16 according to which it can be seen that the entire operation of the strip roll handling has completed a complete cycle of operations and the spikes 18,18 of the splitter assembly are re-enlisted to receive a new roll of strap to be tied . The strip roll is preferably supported and moved on the pins 18, 18 of the splitter assembly 12 by a suitable operator-operated mobile crane implement, which is not shown here and does not form part of the present invention. In this way, it can be seen that according to the principles and teachings of the present invention, a new and improved equipment has been developed for the handling of rolls, by means of which all the operations of handling of strip rolls are automated. Consequently, the operation of fastening straps is no longer an intense task as is the case with the current operating systems for fastening strapping rolls and the tedium and fatigue that fall on the operating personnel has been practically eliminated or at least drastically reduced. Obviously, many variables and modifications of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. Therefore, to be understood within the scope of the appended claims, the present invention may be carried out in another manner, other than that specifically described herein.

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1. CLAIMS 1. A roll handling system for the handling of rolled material placed on a core, consisting of: a divider assembly to give initial support to a roll of material that is going to be tied and to rotate the roll of material between at least two circumferentially spaced divider positions in which at least two fastening strips are placed on top of the roll of material in order to prevent the roll of material from unrolling; a strap holding assembly for placing a fastening strip on the roll of material in at least two positions of the roll of material while the roll of material is placed over said splitter assembly in order to hold the roll of material in place. the mentioned at least two indicated positions, by which the moored roll of material is prevented from unwinding; a conveyor assembly for bringing the moored roll of material to a remote location of said splitter assembly; a mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends, for removing the tied up roll of material, from said splitter assembly in order to support the roll of bound material and to move the roll of material tied onto said conveyor assembly. A roll handling system as set forth in Claim 1, wherein said splitter assembly comprises: a pair of rotating pins on which the roll of material initially rests; and a routing system for rotating said pivoting pins by a predetermined amount, in order to bring the roll of material to a predetermined angular amount from a first of said at least two indicated positions, to a second of those mentioned by at least two indicated positions. 3. A roll handling system as set forth in Claim 2, wherein: said routing system comprises a plurality of gear wheels and a gear transmission chain. 4. A roll handling system as set forth in Claim 1, further comprising: a frame member; and wherein the aforementioned mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends is mounted pivotably on top of said frame between a first raised position in which said mechanism for placing the ends upwards the assembly engages the lashed roll of material for the purpose of removing the roll of material bound from the said splitter assembly, and a second lower position in which the said mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends deposits the roll of material tied on top of a conveyor assembly. 5. A roll handling system as set forth in Claim 4, wherein: said pivot pins of said splitter assembly are laterally spaced from one another; and the aforementioned mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends consists of a support arm interposed between said laterally spaced rotating pins of said splitter assembly when said mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends is placed in the aforementioned one. first elevated position in order to hook the roll of bound material and transfer the roll of material tied from said pivoting pins of the said splitter assembly, to said support arm of said mechanism to place the assembly upwards with the ends. 6. A roll handling system as set forth in Claim 4, wherein: said conveyor assembly comprises a plurality of roller conveyors; and the said mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends, which consists of a frame consisting of a variety of structural members that are interposed between the aforementioned diversity of interlaced roller conveyors., when said mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends is placed in said second lower position. A roll handling system as set forth in Claim 4, wherein: said splitter assembly is pivotally mounted on the frame between a first lower operative position in which said pivot pins can support the roll of material, and a second non-operative elevated position, in which the said splitter assembly is located away from the mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends when said mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends is located in the aforementioned one. first raised position, in order to allow said mechanism to place the assembly upwards with the ends moving to said second lower position with respect to said conveyor assembly. 8. A roll handling system as set forth in Claim 5, wherein: said support arm of said mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the assembly is mounted with pivoting movement on said mechanism for positioning with the ends up the assembly in order to make it movable between a first position in which the said support arm can hook the roll of bound material, remove the roll of material tied from the mentioned rotating pins of the said splitter assembly and support the roll of moored material, when said mechanism for placing with the ends upwards the assembly is placed in the first elevated position, and a second position in which said support arm is placed practically in a coplanar manner with respect to said conveyor assembly when the aforementioned mechanism to place the assembly with the ends up is placed in said second lower position, in order to allow said conveyor assembly to bring the roll of material tied to a remote location of said splitter assembly. 9. A roll handling system as set forth in Claim 1, wherein said strap holding assembly comprises: a strap holding head; and a strap holding conveyor conduit cooperating with said strap holding head for the purpose of effectively defining a closed circumvolution strap fastening assembly, which surrounds a predetermined circumferential portion of the roll of material in which it rests. The clamping strap will be placed on the roll of material. 10. A roll handling assembly as set forth in Claim 9, wherein: the strap holding conveyor conduit comprises a first transport section fixedly positioned with respect to said strap holding head, and a second one. transport section, movable, mounted with respect to said first section of the conveyor between a first open position, in order to allow the predetermined circumferential portion of the roll of material to be moved relatively to said strap holding assembly by means of from which the predetermined circumferential portion of the roll of material can be placed inside the closed convolution strip fastening assembly, and a second open position in order to define said closed convolution fastening assembly surrounding the predetermined circumferential portion of the roll of material. 11. A roll handling assembly as set forth in Claim 1, further comprising: a structure; and a carry assembly movably mounted on said structure to provide support dependent on said strap holding assembly. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A roll handling system and a method for operating the same, consisting of a splitter assembly having a pair of rotating pins mounted thereon to support a roll of material on which the fasteners are attached. located in predetermined circumferential positions by a strap fastening assembly when the rotating pins direct the roll of material to predetermined circumferential positions. Upon completion of the strapping operation, a mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends moves up from a lower position in order to remove the tightly clamped roll of material from a splitter assembly, the splitter assembly moves to a remote location from the mechanism to place the assembly upwards with the ends, in order to allow the mechanism for placing the assembly upwards with the ends to return to its lower position with the roll of material tied resting on it, and the mechanism to place with the ends upwards the assembly is returned to its lower position in which the mechanism for placing the assembly up with the ends deposits the roll of material tied on a conveyor assembly, which carries the roll of material tied to a remote location for subsequent routing or processing prior to commercial distribution.